Sony HDW-730S Camcorder User Manual


 
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08 MARKER 2
USER BOX
On / Off
You can draw a box cursor in the viewfinder, any size and position.
USER BOX WIDTH
240
USER BOX HEIGHT
135
USER BOX H POS
0
USER BOX V POS
0
CENTER H POS
CENTER V POS
ASPECT SAFE ZONE
Turns ON/OFF the SAFETY ZONE MARKER display with respect to the ASPECT MARKER.
ASPECT SAFE AREA
Selects the ranges of the SAFETY ZONE MARKER display with respect to the ASPECT MARKER.
09 GAIN SW
LOW -3 to 42dB (0)
[-3dB]
Generally leave at ‘0’. Dynamic range slightly reduced at –3dB.
MID -3 to 42dB (6)
HIGH -3 to 42dB (12)
TURBO -3 to 42dB (42)
-3dB Unlikely to use 42dB…you could set this switch to –3dB.
TURBO SW IND
On/off
10 VF SETTING
ZEBRA
On/off
Only use if you have a viewfinder without a front on/off switch
ZEBRA SELECT
Zebra 1, 2 or BOTH
Usually set zebra 1 at 70% and 2 at 95%. Gets a bit busy if you use both. Don’t try and rationalize
the numbers below. We know it should be a direct % equivalent, but it isn’t. Sorry. Maybe future
software version will sort it out.
ZEBRA1 DET LVL 1 to 100% (0)
0=70% -15=65%, 0=70%, +19=75%, +90=95%, +110=100% (subject to small variations between cameras)
ZEBRA2 DET LVL 1 to 100% (0)
0=98% -72=90%, -25=95%, 0=98%, +20=100%
ASPECT
Off
VF DETAIL LVL -99 to 99 (0)
VF DETAIL H LVL -99 to 99 (0)
VF DETAIL V LVL -99 to 99 (0)
11 AUTO IRIS
OVERRIDE
Off
SPEED
2
CLIP HIGH LIGHT
Off
WINDOW
1
WINDOW IND
Off
VARIABLE WIDTH
240
VARIABLE HEIGHT
135
H POS
0
V POS
0
12 SHOT ID
ID-1
Four different sets of characters can be saved here, any one of which can be selected to be
ID-2
recorded in meta-data. Selection of which ID you want to use is via the next page.
ID-3
ID-4
13 SHOT DISP
DATE
On/off
On
TIME MODEL
On/off
On
MODEL NAME
On/off
On
SERIAL NO.
On/off
On
ID SELECT
On/off
SHOT BLINK CHCTR
14 SET STATUS
STATUS ABNORML
On/off
Pushing up the toggle switch on the side of the camera pages through a number of status display
STATUS FUNC.
On/off
pages. [useful for checking frame rate or audio inputs]. You can delete some of these pages if you
STATUS AUDIO
On/off
don’t find them useful.
STATUS GPS
15 TEST OUT
MARKERS
On/off
On Sets what you see out of the ‘TEST’ BNC connector on the side of the camera.
VF DISPLAYS
On/off
On
MENUS
On/
off
On
ZEBRA
On/off
OUTPUT SELECT
Y/R/G/B
16 OFFSET WHT
OFFSET WHITE A
On/off
You can tell the auto white balance to always add an offset to its result.
WARM / COOL A Kelvin reading (3200)
A bit like putting a ¼ blue gel in front of the camera and then removing it after white balancing.
COLOUR FINE A -99 to 99 (0)
OFFSET WHITE B
Off/on
WARM / COOL B Kelvin reading (3200)
COLOUR FINE B -99 to 99 (0)